Channel 4 recently launched a press release about an upcoming programme called London Irish, which will follow the lives of four young people from Northern Ireland living it up in the British capital. "For these four friends", the TV station's press release described, "it's not easy navigating their...

Sitting in a warm, trendy café in Belfast, writer Gareth Russell barely has the time to relax. He is currently working on a book about the history of British royalty, having only had a few moments to breathe since his second novel, The Immaculate Deception went onto the shelves. Continuing...

In recent years, a traditionally conservative Ireland has made massive progress with LGBT rights, which is a delight to behold as we approach 2013, 20 years since the Republic decriminalized homosexuality. These last 12 months, however, have seen their fair share of events that had a direct impact on Ireland's...

Last week as I made my way through Dublin's crowds to get a bus home, I passed by a well-dressed man walking from Abbey Street onto O'Connell Street. I would never have bothered to take notice of him if it weren't for what he clearly went out of his way...

It could be said that most arguments put forward against gay marriage (and homosexuality in general) are based on religion. Many Christian groups have argued that such a concept is against God's work and his law, which allegedly states that only a man and a woman should be together as...

Think of all the superhero cartoons, comics and films that have been made over the years. Most of them -- bar Batman, maybe -- aren't that realistic. The superheroes have had some sort of unlikely event happen to them; Superman wasn't from Earth (but just happened to look human... right),...

An advertisement for a popular cellphone network in Ireland has been heavily criticized as being transphobic and promoting stereotypes of transgender people.

The advertisement depicts a young man dancing with a drag artist in order to avail himself of the bar's free Wi-Fi. When he realizes that the cellphone network...

"And how are we?"

"Better."

"Than?"

"Everyone."

Those few lines above - an exchange you could easily imagine in either Mean Girls or Gossip Girl - feature in the opening chapter of Gareth Russell's début novel, Popular. Set in today's Northern Ireland, Popular follows the story of four privileged Belfast...

"Something was either slipped into my drink or I effectively drugged myself, but either way it doesn't matter; what matters is how that person took advantage."

Peter* is sitting down in an empty university classroom on a sunny afternoon. Although he starts off describing what happened to him in a...

Darren Shan is on the phone from his apartment in London, ready to start his tour of both the UK and Ireland to promote his new book, Zom-B. We briefly joke about how he has avoided a bad spell of heavy rains across his native Ireland by flying...

President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins has given a platform to the youth of his nation, calling for their opinions and hopes to be heard on Ireland's future.

Using the tagline 'Take Charge of Change,' Being Young and Irish is a series of seminars organised by President Higgins whereby people...

"It's going to be a daunting task over the next few months to pull this off, but we're positive that we can do the city and country proud."

John Hickey is not blind to the challenges ahead of him. He is the coordinator behind a bid to host the 2018...

Pierce Brosnan has turned his hand at learning a few words of Danish for his latest film, Love Is All You Need, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this week.

The Irish actor plays Philip, a successful English businessman based in Copenhagen, whose son is due to marry...

Jason Burke is the captain of his music band which practices on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast. He's been involved with the band for almost seven years, and is something he is both passionate and proud about. This isn't the type of music band, however, that plays the odd...